Lawrence E. Joseph is a journalist and author who has written extensively on science, nature, politics and business. As an independent journalist, Joseph has written for a host of publications, including The New York Times and Salon. Currently, Joseph is Chairman of the Board of Aerospace Consulting Corporation, headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a plasma physics research corporation, which, among other things, oversees the production of every nuclear warhead in the United States.